Knitters

Elnara learned to knit from her two sisters who also knit for us.  She works for us both as a knitter and as our delegate in the Qax region, she helped put her daughter through university with the earnings she made working for us. Her son is now finishing school...

Shole is a mom of 3 and a grandma.  Her husband didn’t let her do anything while he was alive. After he died she remodeled their house herself using her own earnings from cleaning at the hospital as well as making handmade things.  She learned to knit from her grandma....

Gunay is from the village of Sumagali in the region of Ismayili.  She is part of the Lezgi people group.  She recently learned how to knit from her neighbor.  She has become a master at making our Smittens.  She has two older children and has been knitting to send them...